Event Category: Workshops
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes, Hands and Fingers
A free workshop in the Richard Ehrman Memorial Feldenkais® Series at Berklee
Teacher: Hellen Miller, GCFP
What we see in our mind’s eye while making music can help to illuminate how we move as we play, so we will draw from imagination as well as from life in this Feldenkrais and drawing session.
Spiral Arms, Nimble Hands, Supple Back
Tap into the spirals of your body to find the powerful, flowing connections between your hands and your back
Uncovering Natural Breath
What’s the best way to breathe? Through the mouth or through the nose? More in the belly, or more in the chest? It it always better to breath deeply? Some techniques teach the expansion of the abdomen as you breathe in, others as you breathe out. Which is better?
Breathing retreat at World Fellowship Center, Conway, NH
If you’ve ever been to a Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement class, you’ve probably experienced the wonderful, and at times profound, changes that can take place through this method in your body and in your sense of self.
Now imagine what could happen over the course of four whole days, as you go deeper and deeper into your senses, and flesh out the map of your self-image.
And now imagine that you are spending those four days exploring and improving your breath!
The Secrets of Ease-Full Sitting
Whether you sit to meditate, to work at a desk, or, as I do, to play a musical instrument, the quality of what you are doing is deeply affected by how well you sit. In this Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement® workshop you will begin to discover a balanced and dynamic approach to sitting posture and learn some tools to practice and improve at home.
YOUR MUSIC UNBOUND – a Feldenkrais movement class for musicians
This class uses the unique process of Feldenkrais® Awareness Through Movement® to address issues of specific concern to musicians. We will cover a wide range of topics, from the anatomy and ergonomics of music-making to the more elusive areas of performance anxiety, stage presence, inspiration, and creativity.
THREE KEYS TO REDUCING TENSION for musicians and other students of refined movement
“Just RELAX!”
How many times have you heard a teacher or coach say this? Maybe you’ve heard it so many times, you say it to yourself. Or maybe you’re a music teacher and have resorted to saying this yourself when you could see your students working against themselves.
And how do you (or your students) respond to this exhortation?
YOUR MUSIC UNBOUND II: The Martial Art of Musicianship
This series will draw on my years of study of Tai Chi and on the martial roots of the Feldenkrais Method to help you:
- free the power of your breath
- cultivate a sense of your physical and mental center so you can keep calm and grounded under performance pressure
- develop soft, yet powerful arms, hands and fingers, while leaving your neck and head free and relaxed
- refine the connection between slow, controlled practice and fast, agile execution
THREE KEYS TO REDUCING TENSION for musicians and other students of refined movement
“Just RELAX!”
How many times have you heard a teacher or coach say this? Maybe you’ve heard it so many times, you say it to yourself. Or maybe you’re a music teacher and have resorted to saying this yourself when you could see your students working against themselves.
And how do you (or your students) respond to this exhortation?
Moving Music Lab
When: Sundays, 2:30-4:30 pm July 12, 26, August 16, 30, 2015 Where: Cambridge Music Consortium 315 Broadway, Cambridge, MA Cost: $18 pre-registered, $20 at the door Join me for this exciting experiment! Part Awareness Through Movement class, part masterclass – YOU set the agenda! What do you want to work on? What’s holding you back as a musician? At each meeting I will work with one or more musicians with related questions in an improvisatory, master-class format that will include the other students present. Do you all have versions of the same question? How does it come into play for you? I…